UPCOMING EVENTS
See our Calendar page for more info on these & other events.
AUGUST 2026 EVENTS
08.01 USS Adamant Zoom Trivia Night – 7-10PM
08.01 STARFLEET 2026 Virtual International Conference (VIC)
08.02 STAT Club Meeting – 1PM
08.07-09 Liberty Comic Con 2026 in Oaks, PA
08.14-16 Long Island Doctor Who Convention in Holtsville, NY
08.15 USS Adamant Zoom Meeting 7-10PM
08.15-16 PA Renaissance Faire Fairies and Fantasy Weekend in Manheim, PA
08.21-23 Creation’s Supernatural Tour in Whippany, NJ
08.22-23 PA Renaissance Faire Legends of the Sea in Manheim, PA
08.27-31 LA World Con in Anaheim, CA
08.28 USS Thagard Zoom Chat – 7PM
08.29-30 PA Renaissance Faire Heroes and Villains in Manheim, PA
08.29 USS Adamant “September” Zoom Trivia Night – 7-10PM
SEPTEMBER 2026 EVENTS
09.03-07 Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA
09.04 Star Trek: The Motion Picture 60th Anniv. Screening in Middletown, DE
09.04 Double Feature – The Changeling & Star Trek: The Motion Picture
09.05-06 PA Renaissance Faire Viking Weekend in Manheim, PA
09.05 Exhibit Setup at Sellersville Museum in Sellersville, PA
09.05 Double Feature – Space Seed & Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
09.06 Double Feature – Amok Time & Star Trek: The Search for Spock
09.07 Double Feature – Edge of Forever & Star Trek: The Voyage Home
09.08 Quadruple Feature – Star Trek: 1 to 4
09.09 Exhibit Setup at Sellersville Museum in Sellersville, PA
09.12-13 PA Renaissance Faire Wizarding Weekend in Manheim, PA
09.12-13 RetroCon 2026 in Oaks, PA
09.12-13 Star Trek 60th Anniv Exhibit at the Sellersville Museum in Sellersville, PA
09.13 STAT Club Meeting – 1PM
09.19-20 PA Renaissance Faire Shamrocks & Shenanigans in Manheim, PA
09.19 USS Adamant Zoom Meeting 7-10PM
09.25-27 Baltimore Comic-Con 2026 in Baltimore, MD
09.25 USS Thagard Zoom Chat – 7PM
09.26-27 PA Renaissance Faire Oktoberfest in Manheim, PA
09.26 Region 7 CO/XO and Staff Zoom Meeting – 7PM
CHAPTER NEWS
HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY TO US!
This year is special for all of us on the Adamant as we will be celebrating our 30th anniversary as a chapter of STARFLEET in September – on the same date as the 60th anniversary of Star Trek! Obviously Trek came before us, so we promise not to suck up too much of the lime light! Join us this year as we inch closer to this special day! And always remember to Honor the Dream!
THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF STAR TREK!
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you’ve noticed that 2026 is the 60th Anniversary of Star Trek! There are SO MANY anniversary events going on throughout the year but most specifically in September! Check out your local movie theater on the weekend of 9/4-8 when the first four Star Trek movies will be shown on the big screen along with a special TOS episode. This special double feature screening will culminate on 9/8 with all four double features being shown on the big screen starting in the morning and running until late at night! Check your local theatres for show times and details. And check out our Calendar page for more anniversary events going on this year!
THE SELLERSVILLE MUSEUM STAR TREK EXHIBHIT!
The wonderful Sellersville Museum has asked us to put together an exhibit for the 60th anniversary of Star Trek in their museum. Our crew members have been working hard over the past several months to bring this exhibit to the Sellersville Museum. This special limited run exhibit will be held on the weekend of 9/12-13, from Noon to 4pm each day. Please stop by and support this great local museum! Admission is free but donations are welcomed! BEAM ABOARD THE SELLERSVILLE MUSEUM!
SCI-FI NEWS
Star Trek Headed To New York Comic Con For “Starfleet Academy” And 60th Anniversary Panel
August-21-2026
The last big convention event of the year is New York Comic Con, which is being held this year from October 8 – 11 at the Javits Center in New York, New York. And while the future of Star Trek is in flux, Paramount is returning to New York with a big Star Trek panel for 2026. We are getting the first details on a the official Star Trek Universe panel from CBS Studios and Paramount+ for NYCC…. READ MORE
Rebecca Romijn Says Star Trek Has “Literally Changed the World” as Franchise Celebrates 60 Years
September-9-2026
As Star Trek marks its 60th anniversary, Rebecca Romijn reflected about her longtime journey with the franchise, first as a fan and now as a member of its current TV incarnation, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. “It just feels great to be part of a franchise that has had such a positive impact on the world, a franchise that has literally changed the world,” Romijn, who plays Una “Number One” Chin-Reilly on the prequel series … READ MORE
Ro Laren Takes the Lead: Shadow Frontier Becomes the First Real Follow-Up to Star Trek: Picard
September-9-2026
Ro Laren returns in Star Trek: Shadow Frontier, with Michelle Forbes voicing her once more – making this the first major new project constructed around a Next Generation character since Picard ended in 2023. It also steers the franchise into notably darker territory. Think about what Ro’s comeback represents …. READ MORE
“Star Trek: Discovery” Creator Reveals Planned Klingon Look For Laurence Fishburne
July-31-2026
A decade ago, Bryan Fuller was hard at work developing Star Trek: Discovery, the first show of Star Trek’s streaming era he co-created with Alex Kurtzman. One of the things Fuller wanted to do was bring in Matrix legend, actor Laurence Fishburne to play a major role as a Klingon in the first season, and now we can see what that might have looked like. Thursday was Fishburne’s birthday and Fuller celebrated it by sharing some images on his Instagram showing off concept art of what Fishburne could have looked like on Discovery …. READ MORE
Star Trek-Loving Billionaires Just Don’t Seem to Get Gene Roddenberry
September-9-2026
Bezos got to tell William Shatner, Captain Kirk himself, how much Star Trek meant to him in the latter’s new book, “William Shatner … and You”. After explaining the ways in which he loved Star Trek as a child, Bezos said that one of his goals with Blue Origin “is to help humanity on its journey to the Star Trek future.” Yet if Bezos is going to realize that dream, he needs to pay as much attention to Star Trek’s material reality as he does to its depiction of the stars … READ MORE
Ranking the 60 Most Important Star Trek Stories Ever!
September-8-2026
Briefly, this is the thinking: If any one episode changed science fiction on TV, it’s important. If a movie or book changed the history of Star Trek itself, it’s important. If a piece of fanfic changed culture at large, it’s important. There are at least 60 episodes/movies/books/games/fanfics that everyone has to experience at least once, Trekkie and casual fan alike. And this means certain underrated episodes, books, films, et al. simply matter more to individual fans …. READ MORE
PHOTO GALLERY
A half scale model of the USS Enterprise at Wonderfest 2006, a sci-fi modelers convention in Louisville, KY. Take a look at pictures from this and our other events at our Photo Gallery page!